Well, here is a quote I must remember when writer's block strikes.
"you must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you" ~ Ray Bradbury
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Monday, October 25, 2010
Here in Southern California
Here in
Today was a beautiful day that can only be described as “springtime in the
Like I said, this is not a walk I had ever taken before much less taken the dog on and so of course, it was a learning experience.
We learned that the local high school runs down this same section of town in the afternoon.
We learned that anyone can run up behind the dog and pass.
We learned that anyone running up in front of the dog wants to play.
We learned that one young girl can run really fast and scream REALLY loud.
We learned that the dog is VERY afraid of those big floppy sales thingys.
We learned that the dog does not know that the big friendly looking dog in the window is her.
We learned that for every mile I go, she goes about three.
We learned that she has very happy ears in the wind.
We learned that she can learn to cross streets correctly, mind her manners, and ignore other dogs barking and growling at her.
We learned that even the most persistent “friendly” construction worker is no match for a big dog.
So we returned home from our walk, stood in the nearly empty pool to cool off our paws, strolled through the yard, and now as I type, she is snoring her brains out under my chair.
I had a whole other blog written but it was too nice a day not to share so that other thing can wait for another day.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Wisdom
I used to write this silly little column called “Wisdom from a Coffee Cup” where I took whatever little saying was on my cup that day and turned it into whatever concept crossed my mind from it. Some days it touched people, other days they left pondering what drugs I was on, and still others generated hate mail in my inbox. Today from the depths, I bring you…..
Wisdom from a Beer Bottle
Too many strive towards complacency as a goal. They stop their urge and desire for discovery somewhere between youth and adulthood. And when they find their complacency threatened, they do everything to recover the warm, fuzzy feeling of that lost complacency as quickly as possible. Throughout every culture, every country, and every way of thought you will find it. We grow up thinking that the ability to become complacent is the equivalence of success in life. True Arrogant Bastards know that this could not be any further from the truth. The real beauty, richness and depth in life can only be found if the journey though life itself is looked upon as a constant chance to learn, live and find life’s passion. Passion threatens the complacent, and fills them with fear. Fear of the new, the deep and the different. We, on the other hand, seek it out. Endlessly, joyously….and aggressively.
~~Oaked Arrogant Bastard Ale (the grammatic errors above are THEIRS so don’t write me about them)
I wasn’t so sure about calling this either complacency or arrogance so I started there.
From Merriam-Webster:
Main Entry: com•pla•cen•cy
Pronunciation: \-sən(t)-sē\
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural com•pla•cen•cies
Date: 1650
1 : self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies
2 : an instance of complacency
Hmm. I think that sort of could work with the quote. What about Arrogant?
Main Entry: ar•ro•gant
Pronunciation: \-gənt\
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin arrogant-, arrogans, present participle of arrogare
Date: 14th century
1 : exaggerating or disposed to exaggerate one's own worth or importance often by an overbearing manner
2 : proceeding from or characterized by arrogance
synonyms see PROUD
— ar•ro•gant•ly adverb
Well, perhaps the very quote itself is arrogant by the first description. What does the second one tell us?
Main Entry: ar•ro•gance
Pronunciation: \ˈer-ə-gən(t)s, ˈa-rə-\
Function: noun
Date: 14th century
: an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions
Not so much. Perhaps it is the arrogance of the claim or the act of making the claim they are speaking of… or maybe mine OWN arrogance is in taking this quote apart.
Either way, so let us focus on the text of the quote itself and complacency and leave the arrogance or lack of it to the side for now.
So my issue with the whole thing is not so much about the self satisfaction part or with the arrogance as I am not so sure how those both play into the quote. Again this is my opinion and may BE complacent or arrogant or both, who am I to judge. But what I did key in on right away was the unawareness of danger or deficiencies. I think many of us go through life very much this way (myself especially). I think we look at life and tend to view people in a way very much filtered through who we perceive them to be. For some they view everyone as bad, evil, uncaring, or some other negative personality trait and are blind-sided and caught off guard by the one who does not fit that description. For others like me we tend to take the other side. We assume that others judge us at face value, we assume that everyone WANTS to be “good”, we assume that everyone will believe that we want to be “good”, or we assume that people will treat us according to how we act and are knocked out when faced with an example of the opposite reality.
In this manner perhaps it IS complacency that is our downfall. We isolate ourselves in a world of our making, perfectly happy to go along thinking that things will always be as we think they are or should be. We are happy in this place. Everything fits our mold, no unpleasant surprises, no muss, no fuss. We either blindly miss the things that DON’T fit or ignore them and simply move on. It is in those times where we are faced with the unavoidable consequences of this behavior that we must own up to what we have created. We must face the error of our actions and this is where our true nature is tested.
This is where in that quote above we feel our whole perception of reality (good or bad) is threatened. How does one always certain of poor motives deal with a person who has shown themselves to be of pure intentions? Likewise when one has always assumed the best of intentions how does one deal with one who has shown that they have only the worst of them?
I believe that many of us do exactly as the quote says, we fail about mentally and try to fit the unexpected into our preconceived mold because only then can we recover and go on. We must try to find the “motive” behind the good or we must try to find the good in the bad. We try to filter it through every filter we have to make it fit our mold because only then can we understand it and move on.
I don’t know how much of this applies to “success in life” but it certainly applies towards success in “mental satisfaction”. When we feel confident and comfortable, we are mentally satisfied. It might not be the traditional satisfaction but mentally all the pegs fit the holes. We have all seen the self-satisfied smirk on the face of the person saying “I told you so” in the light of bad news or when bad behavior is proven to be the case. Likewise we have all also heard the “I knew it all along” when the very best of someone shines through. In both cases the expression is of our mental hand dusting when our opinion has been validated.
How does this all fit into complacency? It does you know. It applies in that we do this at our own peril. We trust the people who should not be trusted or live less rich lives for distrusting those who could be trusted. It places us in daily danger of living a life much less than what it could be.
I was surprised with myself that as I first read this little quote, I was shaking my head no and disagreeing with it. Then as I broke it down I still was skeptical it was only as I wrote this and moved through all the various lines of the quote that I came to agree with it. I would LIKE to disagree with it. I would love for it to be wrong. This is MY nature. I would love for life to be all roses and puppies or rainbows and unicorns as some might say. But the line that got me was the next one….
“The real beauty, richness and depth in life can only be found if the journey though life itself is looked upon as a constant chance to learn, live and find life’s passion.”
That is the kicker. By assuming that things are always as we think they are keeps us from finding new things, not finding new things keeps us from finding joy, and everything comes back to make the circle. This holds true for the good AND the bad. How would we know what was good if we didn’t know what was bad? How would we know the joy of happiness with out the depths of sadness? Would we appreciate anything? Or would we just assume it is as it should me and take it for granted?
I lost that feeling again for a moment on the next line. Is it about fear? is it fear that keeps us stuck here or is it really just ALL about the complacency? Is it really just complacency that keep us sitting around with a closed mind unwilling to see the good in the bad or the evil in the good? Perhaps there, right there in that thought lies the arrogance. It is the arrogance of thought that we already KNOW how the story ends. We are secure in our knowledge that we are right and we have no need to see the end of movie, read the last chapter, or get to know the issue at hand.
So I ended up back where I started, disagreeing with the quote but for a totally different set of reasons than I thought. I ended up think that they are both quite wrong. The complacency is certainly no way to go. We do not want to be blind to the bad any more than we would choose to miss the good. The arrogance is in thinking that either way is right. I think that the only way to avoid the trap is to avoid our complacency by acknowledging that it exists and yet refusing to bow to it and instead forcing ourselves to keep an open mind. Be sure that everyone is good or bad but be open to the possibility that they are not as we might expect….. only then can we find true happiness, beauty, passion, or safety……
or perhaps this thought is the ultimate of arrogance… or complacency.
Wisdom from a Beer Bottle
Too many strive towards complacency as a goal. They stop their urge and desire for discovery somewhere between youth and adulthood. And when they find their complacency threatened, they do everything to recover the warm, fuzzy feeling of that lost complacency as quickly as possible. Throughout every culture, every country, and every way of thought you will find it. We grow up thinking that the ability to become complacent is the equivalence of success in life. True Arrogant Bastards know that this could not be any further from the truth. The real beauty, richness and depth in life can only be found if the journey though life itself is looked upon as a constant chance to learn, live and find life’s passion. Passion threatens the complacent, and fills them with fear. Fear of the new, the deep and the different. We, on the other hand, seek it out. Endlessly, joyously….and aggressively.
~~Oaked Arrogant Bastard Ale (the grammatic errors above are THEIRS so don’t write me about them)
I wasn’t so sure about calling this either complacency or arrogance so I started there.
From Merriam-Webster:
Main Entry: com•pla•cen•cy
Pronunciation: \-sən(t)-sē\
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural com•pla•cen•cies
Date: 1650
1 : self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies
2 : an instance of complacency
Hmm. I think that sort of could work with the quote. What about Arrogant?
Main Entry: ar•ro•gant
Pronunciation: \-gənt\
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin arrogant-, arrogans, present participle of arrogare
Date: 14th century
1 : exaggerating or disposed to exaggerate one's own worth or importance often by an overbearing manner
2 : proceeding from or characterized by arrogance
synonyms see PROUD
— ar•ro•gant•ly adverb
Well, perhaps the very quote itself is arrogant by the first description. What does the second one tell us?
Main Entry: ar•ro•gance
Pronunciation: \ˈer-ə-gən(t)s, ˈa-rə-\
Function: noun
Date: 14th century
: an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions
Not so much. Perhaps it is the arrogance of the claim or the act of making the claim they are speaking of… or maybe mine OWN arrogance is in taking this quote apart.
Either way, so let us focus on the text of the quote itself and complacency and leave the arrogance or lack of it to the side for now.
So my issue with the whole thing is not so much about the self satisfaction part or with the arrogance as I am not so sure how those both play into the quote. Again this is my opinion and may BE complacent or arrogant or both, who am I to judge. But what I did key in on right away was the unawareness of danger or deficiencies. I think many of us go through life very much this way (myself especially). I think we look at life and tend to view people in a way very much filtered through who we perceive them to be. For some they view everyone as bad, evil, uncaring, or some other negative personality trait and are blind-sided and caught off guard by the one who does not fit that description. For others like me we tend to take the other side. We assume that others judge us at face value, we assume that everyone WANTS to be “good”, we assume that everyone will believe that we want to be “good”, or we assume that people will treat us according to how we act and are knocked out when faced with an example of the opposite reality.
In this manner perhaps it IS complacency that is our downfall. We isolate ourselves in a world of our making, perfectly happy to go along thinking that things will always be as we think they are or should be. We are happy in this place. Everything fits our mold, no unpleasant surprises, no muss, no fuss. We either blindly miss the things that DON’T fit or ignore them and simply move on. It is in those times where we are faced with the unavoidable consequences of this behavior that we must own up to what we have created. We must face the error of our actions and this is where our true nature is tested.
This is where in that quote above we feel our whole perception of reality (good or bad) is threatened. How does one always certain of poor motives deal with a person who has shown themselves to be of pure intentions? Likewise when one has always assumed the best of intentions how does one deal with one who has shown that they have only the worst of them?
I believe that many of us do exactly as the quote says, we fail about mentally and try to fit the unexpected into our preconceived mold because only then can we recover and go on. We must try to find the “motive” behind the good or we must try to find the good in the bad. We try to filter it through every filter we have to make it fit our mold because only then can we understand it and move on.
I don’t know how much of this applies to “success in life” but it certainly applies towards success in “mental satisfaction”. When we feel confident and comfortable, we are mentally satisfied. It might not be the traditional satisfaction but mentally all the pegs fit the holes. We have all seen the self-satisfied smirk on the face of the person saying “I told you so” in the light of bad news or when bad behavior is proven to be the case. Likewise we have all also heard the “I knew it all along” when the very best of someone shines through. In both cases the expression is of our mental hand dusting when our opinion has been validated.
How does this all fit into complacency? It does you know. It applies in that we do this at our own peril. We trust the people who should not be trusted or live less rich lives for distrusting those who could be trusted. It places us in daily danger of living a life much less than what it could be.
I was surprised with myself that as I first read this little quote, I was shaking my head no and disagreeing with it. Then as I broke it down I still was skeptical it was only as I wrote this and moved through all the various lines of the quote that I came to agree with it. I would LIKE to disagree with it. I would love for it to be wrong. This is MY nature. I would love for life to be all roses and puppies or rainbows and unicorns as some might say. But the line that got me was the next one….
“The real beauty, richness and depth in life can only be found if the journey though life itself is looked upon as a constant chance to learn, live and find life’s passion.”
That is the kicker. By assuming that things are always as we think they are keeps us from finding new things, not finding new things keeps us from finding joy, and everything comes back to make the circle. This holds true for the good AND the bad. How would we know what was good if we didn’t know what was bad? How would we know the joy of happiness with out the depths of sadness? Would we appreciate anything? Or would we just assume it is as it should me and take it for granted?
I lost that feeling again for a moment on the next line. Is it about fear? is it fear that keeps us stuck here or is it really just ALL about the complacency? Is it really just complacency that keep us sitting around with a closed mind unwilling to see the good in the bad or the evil in the good? Perhaps there, right there in that thought lies the arrogance. It is the arrogance of thought that we already KNOW how the story ends. We are secure in our knowledge that we are right and we have no need to see the end of movie, read the last chapter, or get to know the issue at hand.
So I ended up back where I started, disagreeing with the quote but for a totally different set of reasons than I thought. I ended up think that they are both quite wrong. The complacency is certainly no way to go. We do not want to be blind to the bad any more than we would choose to miss the good. The arrogance is in thinking that either way is right. I think that the only way to avoid the trap is to avoid our complacency by acknowledging that it exists and yet refusing to bow to it and instead forcing ourselves to keep an open mind. Be sure that everyone is good or bad but be open to the possibility that they are not as we might expect….. only then can we find true happiness, beauty, passion, or safety……
or perhaps this thought is the ultimate of arrogance… or complacency.
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Random
Horoscope for today. Funny I came to the same decision in the wee hours of the morning.
You may have to let go of something that you are really attached to Pisces, before this attachment makes it impossible for you to accept anything new. One thing that could be let go of is the feeling of resentment towards those who have interfered with your plans in the past. That resentment makes for the suspicion of a similar circumstance coming up, which makes it hard for you to talk about things with the people who can help the most. Find a way to convert the opposition; you'll have powerful resources behind you if you do.
Friend FAQ quiz.
So apparently there is this quiz on facbook STILL. I blocked it a while back when it was asking truly mean spirited questions exclusively. If felt a lot like a high school locker room. I got a notice from one of my friends that they had “answered a question” and didn’t realize it was the same app when I clicked it.
I almost died laughing at the first question it asked me. Do you think that CaseyAnne has ever had stitches? I stopped laughing, wiped my eyes, and answered it. Then I moved on only to find that the silly app is still just one step ahead of the locker room.
I thought I would share the things people have answered about me just for grins… The column on the RIGHT is the REAL answer and the center is what someone said. Don’t worry, I did not click to see who said what.
Greens are correct, yellows are opinions, and reds are incorrect.
Do you think that DeeAnne Sathe brushes their teeth regularly? | Yes | Yes, mom |
Do you think that DeeAnne Sathe can throw a football with a spiral? | Yes | Not intentionally |
Do you think that DeeAnne Sathe has ever given money to a homeless person? | Yes | Correct. More frequently I give food though. |
Is DeeAnne Sathe a reliable person? | Yes | Correct. I try to be. |
Do you think that DeeAnne Sathe is a gold digger? | No | Correct. I have enough thanks. |
Do you think that DeeAnne Sathe likes British accents? | Yes | Correct. |
Would you introduce DeeAnne Sathe to your family? | Yes | Thank you. |
Do you think that DeeAnne Sathe has ever used steroids? | No | Wrong. My asthma med IS a steroid. |
Do you think that DeeAnne Sathe should have more self-confidence? | No | Hahaha… um Yes, I should. |
Do you think that DeeAnne Sathe has ever fantasized about you? | No | Depends. Probably yes |
Is DeeAnne Sathe a cheap skate? | No | Correct. I love a bargain but will pay for quality/ |
Do you think that DeeAnne Sathe is materialistic? | No | Correct, I am loveterialistic. |
Do you think that DeeAnne Sathe likes British accents? | No | Wrong see above. |
Does DeeAnne Sathe have a face only a mother could love? | No | Thanks. |
Do you think that DeeAnne Sathe watches porn? | No | Correct. It did nothing for me. |
Do you think that DeeAnne Sathe has game? | Yes | What game? |
Do you think that DeeAnne Sathe makes more than $50k a year? | Yes | Correct |
Do you think that DeeAnne Sathe has ever had a 1 night stand? | Yes | Hahahahha. Not. |
Would you hook up with DeeAnne Sathe? | No | See? |
Do you think DeeAnne Sathe was a Dork in high school? | No | Wrong, I was. |
Do you think that DeeAnne Sathe is hyper? | Yes | Correct. |
Have you ever had a crush on DeeAnne Sathe? | No | See? Again. |
Do you think that DeeAnne Sathe is cuter than Brad Pitt? | Yes | LOL |
Do you think that DeeAnne Sathe is a tree hugger? | Yes | Correct I am on the committee. |
Do you think that DeeAnne Sathe would do anything to succeed? | No | Correct, it is not worth “anything” |
Do you think that DeeAnne Sathe has ever eaten a booger? | No | I was a kid I am sure at one point I must have. |
Do you think that DeeAnne Sathe is funny? | Yes | Thank you, I try. |
Do you think that DeeAnne Sathe has ever failed a test? | No | Wrong. I have failed my share. |
Do you think that DeeAnne Sathe is a jerk? | No | Thank you. I can be if I want to . |
Do you think that DeeAnne Sathe has ever been in a fist fight? | Yes | Twice. I hope to never ever do so again. |
Do you think that DeeAnne Sathe would ever do community service voluntarily? | Yes | Correct would/have |
Do you think that DeeAnne Sathe can do 20 pushups? | Yes | Correct, I can. |
Would you want to see DeeAnne Sathe dance like Michael Jackson for money? | No | Scary. |
Do you think DeeAnne Sathe drives too fast? | Yes | Lol, true. |
Do you think that DeeAnne Sathe is a jealous significant other? | No | Correct. I am not. |
Do you think that DeeAnne Sathe brushes their teeth regularly? | Yes | What fascination with my oral hygiene.. |
Do you think that DeeAnne Sathe puts 'hoes' before 'bros'? | No | I much prefer my brothers. (I know the idea here and the answer is still no.) |
Do you think that DeeAnne Sathe would sell you out for a million bucks? | Yes | Wrong. I would not. |
Do you think that DeeAnne Sathe would look good in tights? | No | Do I get to wear anything else? |
Do you think that DeeAnne Sathe is materialistic? | No | Correct see above. |
Do you think that DeeAnne Sathe is religious? | Yes | I am a believer. |
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
blurbette
House thing is moving again even though VERY SLOWLY!!! I hope to finally be the owner of record before the end of the year.
I mailed out a bunch of fundraising letters for TNT. The post office delivered them very promptly….to me. *sigh *
It has been very cold here at night (relative to norm and daytime temps). So cold that even the DOG is snuggling under blankets at night. Brrr… At some point I shall have to post some pictures of that. I am rocking the layers of sweat shirts. I lose them slowly through to lunch when for a few minutes I run around in a tee shirt…..only to turn around and layer them back on until time to go home.
Well I guess that is it for now.
I mailed out a bunch of fundraising letters for TNT. The post office delivered them very promptly….to me. *sigh *
It has been very cold here at night (relative to norm and daytime temps). So cold that even the DOG is snuggling under blankets at night. Brrr… At some point I shall have to post some pictures of that. I am rocking the layers of sweat shirts. I lose them slowly through to lunch when for a few minutes I run around in a tee shirt…..only to turn around and layer them back on until time to go home.
Well I guess that is it for now.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
A Hodge of Podge
We had the most awesome clinic at Road Runner Sports on Saturday. They did the whole thing for free in support of Team in Training.
We showed up early before the store opened. It started with a whole bunch of information about what things you need (and those you don’t) all based around a variety of fitness levels, distances, run/walk, and the like. It was cool to have someone actually tell you what you DON’T need to buy instead of trying to sell you the store.
Then we went for our run. We ran around the airport, which was different than our normal up and down billygoat route up in the hills of PV. I have to say it was not my favorite run. We had to deal with avgas fumes, cars that thought they were qualifying for Indy, and whole lot of folks who had flooded and muddy grass.
Once we got done with our run the folks at Road Runner had another clinic for us. Basically they had you walk around on pressure mats and then they video taped you running. Between the two they could tell you if you were in the right shoes or not. Again it was cool that they were pretty open about telling you if your shoes were fine. They also have a deal where you get a sixty day trial of the shoes and if you don’t like them, you can return them. Yes, that means RUN in them for sixty days and still be able to return them. It is pretty cool.
http://www.roadrunnersports.com/
So when my turn came for the “Shoe dog”, they had me walk on the mats and run for the camera. Then the girl pulled my video up on the screen. “That’s not me.” I told her. She looked me oddly, checked the time and the file name before replying that she was sure it was. We did a few “are you sure”s and “yes I am”s before she finally asked me why I didn’t think it was me. I finally had to tell her that I didn’t think my legs looked like that. She sighed like she had heard that a million times and then almost hurt herself laughing as I finished my thought…. “I had no idea my legs were that cute.” After she stopped choking she had to admit that this was the first time she had had something think they looked too good on the video.
End result of the Shoe Dog clinic? I have a new pair of shoes to test drive and cute legs…..
Oh, and I bought some socks that would drive Jane and Bob to distraction. They are SO soft and padded on the bottom!!! I think I am going to live in them.
These are not the exact ones I got but they are the same foot part….
http://www.roadrunnersports.com/rrs/products/BLG104/
It has decided to be winter here now. I know those of you back north and east will mock this but seriously last night it got down to 47 here at the beach. It was down to 53 in the house. I was bundled up and buried under blankets thinking seriously about turning on the heat. I tucked myself into bed under the sheets, blankets, and an afghan. I woke up this morning with the afghan wrapped around my head and the rest of me burritoed in the blankets and the rest of the afghan. I peeked over the side of the bed and saw that Miss Isabelle must have been cold too as she had pulled a part of the blanket down over herself and had her tail wrapped tightly over her nose. Even the bunny was in a tightly packed ball with her paws tucked under her body versus her usual flat pose. It was so cold that when I met up with The Man for breakfast he greeted me with “morning nanuk” as a mocking assessment of the four layers I had on. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr……
I finally gave in and went to the grocery store today. Since I keep thinking I am going to move any day I have been putting it off. This means I had finally made my way through every dish in the freezer, all my pantry stock, and was resorting to eating odd things. So I broke down and went.
I went to a different store than usual because I had a coupon that only they took. Big mistake in one way, good call in another.
It was a big mistake because their produce was rediculously overpriced and poor quality so now I will need to still hit another store to get any fresh foods.
It was a good call because as I was wandering up and down the aisles, I rounded a corner just in time to see something that still has me laughing. I rounded the corner and in front of me coming my way down the aisle is a thirty something guy. As we neared each other and both glanced up at the same time, we exchanged hellos and smiles. Then he suddenly did something so totally unexpected. He glanced over at the shelf and literally did the whole “YES” and fist pump thing.
Note 13 to 17 seconds.
Then he glanced back up and saw me watching him, blushed, and pointed… “No one carries this!” he said as he pulled the case of diet 7-up with fruit juice off the shelf and slid it into his cart. I couldn’t help but laugh at his embarrassed face before letting him off the hook with a big smile. “It is great to see someone get that excited over something GOOD for a change.” He grinned back and wandered off whistling down the aisle. It is still cracking me up.
One other good thing about going to that store, we are supposed to be drinking “sports drinks” along with water to keep our electrolytes and sugar up. I don’t know if y’all have ever noticed but almost ALL of those things are loaded with high fructose corn syrup which is really bad for you. While I was at that store I saw that they had “vitamin water” on sale. It is pretty much the same stuff only it does not have HFCS in it. It uses juice or sugar to sweeten it. I was interested so I took a bottle and test-drove it in the store. Yummy. So I picked up a few bottles to meet my team-required beverages.
So in self defense, I have been baking and doing laundry since I got in this evening. I figure not only do I get a good dinner and clean clothes, I get a bit of heat too……
I think the dog approves, she is laying between the stove and the washer.
Oh, for those of you who read this far and are now hungry. My favorite “snack”.
Take some medium slices of mozzarella cheese and lay them out in an overlapping rectangle.
Sprinkle them with crushed red chillis.
Lay over lapping slices of salami on top.
Roll entire thing up, wrap tightly, and chill.
When ready to eat, slice across the roll in thin slices.
Enjoy!
We showed up early before the store opened. It started with a whole bunch of information about what things you need (and those you don’t) all based around a variety of fitness levels, distances, run/walk, and the like. It was cool to have someone actually tell you what you DON’T need to buy instead of trying to sell you the store.
Then we went for our run. We ran around the airport, which was different than our normal up and down billygoat route up in the hills of PV. I have to say it was not my favorite run. We had to deal with avgas fumes, cars that thought they were qualifying for Indy, and whole lot of folks who had flooded and muddy grass.
Once we got done with our run the folks at Road Runner had another clinic for us. Basically they had you walk around on pressure mats and then they video taped you running. Between the two they could tell you if you were in the right shoes or not. Again it was cool that they were pretty open about telling you if your shoes were fine. They also have a deal where you get a sixty day trial of the shoes and if you don’t like them, you can return them. Yes, that means RUN in them for sixty days and still be able to return them. It is pretty cool.
http://www.roadrunnersports.com/
So when my turn came for the “Shoe dog”, they had me walk on the mats and run for the camera. Then the girl pulled my video up on the screen. “That’s not me.” I told her. She looked me oddly, checked the time and the file name before replying that she was sure it was. We did a few “are you sure”s and “yes I am”s before she finally asked me why I didn’t think it was me. I finally had to tell her that I didn’t think my legs looked like that. She sighed like she had heard that a million times and then almost hurt herself laughing as I finished my thought…. “I had no idea my legs were that cute.” After she stopped choking she had to admit that this was the first time she had had something think they looked too good on the video.
End result of the Shoe Dog clinic? I have a new pair of shoes to test drive and cute legs…..
Oh, and I bought some socks that would drive Jane and Bob to distraction. They are SO soft and padded on the bottom!!! I think I am going to live in them.
These are not the exact ones I got but they are the same foot part….
http://www.roadrunnersports.com/rrs/products/BLG104/
It has decided to be winter here now. I know those of you back north and east will mock this but seriously last night it got down to 47 here at the beach. It was down to 53 in the house. I was bundled up and buried under blankets thinking seriously about turning on the heat. I tucked myself into bed under the sheets, blankets, and an afghan. I woke up this morning with the afghan wrapped around my head and the rest of me burritoed in the blankets and the rest of the afghan. I peeked over the side of the bed and saw that Miss Isabelle must have been cold too as she had pulled a part of the blanket down over herself and had her tail wrapped tightly over her nose. Even the bunny was in a tightly packed ball with her paws tucked under her body versus her usual flat pose. It was so cold that when I met up with The Man for breakfast he greeted me with “morning nanuk” as a mocking assessment of the four layers I had on. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr……
I finally gave in and went to the grocery store today. Since I keep thinking I am going to move any day I have been putting it off. This means I had finally made my way through every dish in the freezer, all my pantry stock, and was resorting to eating odd things. So I broke down and went.
I went to a different store than usual because I had a coupon that only they took. Big mistake in one way, good call in another.
It was a big mistake because their produce was rediculously overpriced and poor quality so now I will need to still hit another store to get any fresh foods.
It was a good call because as I was wandering up and down the aisles, I rounded a corner just in time to see something that still has me laughing. I rounded the corner and in front of me coming my way down the aisle is a thirty something guy. As we neared each other and both glanced up at the same time, we exchanged hellos and smiles. Then he suddenly did something so totally unexpected. He glanced over at the shelf and literally did the whole “YES” and fist pump thing.
Note 13 to 17 seconds.
Then he glanced back up and saw me watching him, blushed, and pointed… “No one carries this!” he said as he pulled the case of diet 7-up with fruit juice off the shelf and slid it into his cart. I couldn’t help but laugh at his embarrassed face before letting him off the hook with a big smile. “It is great to see someone get that excited over something GOOD for a change.” He grinned back and wandered off whistling down the aisle. It is still cracking me up.
One other good thing about going to that store, we are supposed to be drinking “sports drinks” along with water to keep our electrolytes and sugar up. I don’t know if y’all have ever noticed but almost ALL of those things are loaded with high fructose corn syrup which is really bad for you. While I was at that store I saw that they had “vitamin water” on sale. It is pretty much the same stuff only it does not have HFCS in it. It uses juice or sugar to sweeten it. I was interested so I took a bottle and test-drove it in the store. Yummy. So I picked up a few bottles to meet my team-required beverages.
So in self defense, I have been baking and doing laundry since I got in this evening. I figure not only do I get a good dinner and clean clothes, I get a bit of heat too……
I think the dog approves, she is laying between the stove and the washer.
Oh, for those of you who read this far and are now hungry. My favorite “snack”.
Take some medium slices of mozzarella cheese and lay them out in an overlapping rectangle.
Sprinkle them with crushed red chillis.
Lay over lapping slices of salami on top.
Roll entire thing up, wrap tightly, and chill.
When ready to eat, slice across the roll in thin slices.
Enjoy!
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